Old Faithful

Todays trip took us to Old Faithful. The drive there was wonderful, it's so breath taking.  We waited about an hour for it to erupt and it put on a great show for us.  We had a wonderful meal at the Old Faithful Lodge.  As we we're walking by it erupted again this time shooting up higher!  We left there and stopped to view Yellowstone Lake, it's beautiful with the mountains in the background.


Yellowstone Lake is the largest body of water in Yellowstone National Park. The lake is 7,732 feet above sea level and covers 136 square miles with 110 miles of shoreline. While the average depth of the lake is 139 ft its greatest depth is at least 390 ft.


Next stop was to West Thumb Geyser Basin. About 150,000 years ago a volcanic explosion formed the small caldera know as the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake. Under water hot springs and geysers keep some areas of West Thumb free from ice in the winter.


On the way home we saw a family of Bison, I couldn't get over how huge the male was!  and about a mile down  we saw a herd of female moose.  The male was nowhere in sight.